Talk:Board Meeting 2006 02 27

IRC log

This is the IRC lof of the Second Board Meeting 17:00, 27 February 2006 (CET):

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#: 	<FrankW> arnulf: Is it board meeting time now?
#: 	<arnulf> Yes!
#: 	 FrankW starts dialing.
#: 	<arnulf> I just called in
#: 	<arnulf> Daniel is in also
#: 	<arnulf> Anybody typing this to IRC?
#: 	<arnulf> I am no good at talking, thinking, listening, readin AND typing...
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#: 	<Schuyler> is the meeting open to non-board members to listen to?
#: 	<arnulf> Yes sir.
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#: 	<FrankW> Schuyler: on the conference call system?  I'm not sure.
#: 	<FrankW> The info is on the wiki page, but I don't know if there is a limited number of entries.
#: 	<cholmes_> FrankW are you guys on?  Is it time for the meeting now?
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#: 	<FrankW> cholmes_:  We are awaiting you on the phone line!
#: 	<FrankW> Yes it is time.
#: 	<FrankW> We are all here, but you.
#: 	<cholmes_> Hrm, I think the conference room on the wiki may be wrong
#: 	<FrankW> It worked for me.
#: 	<dbrookshier> in irc
#: 	<cholmes_> it says I am the only person on the call.
#: 	<arnulf> If  you are on Skype just enter the number it says there.
#: 	<cholmes_> you called with regular phone?
#: 	<cholmes_> I'm not using skype
#: 	<arnulf> Skype for me.
#: 	<FrankW> I'm on regular phone.
#: 	<FrankW> Try dropping the line and trying again.
#: 	<cholmes_> trying
#: 	<dbrookshier> that is correct
#: 	<Schuyler> I assume there will be public minutes
#: 	<arnulf> Yes, Laura collects minutes and we get them published somewhere.
#: 	<arnulf> Are there any concerns regarding IP policies?
#: 	<arnulf> ...is currently being discussed.
#: 	<arnulf> Once the bylaws get bassed by BOD the virtual corp becomes real
#: 	<arnulf> They can be ammended later if we really srewed up
#: 	<arnulf> Frank is president, Gary Treasurer, Rich Secretary. As it is on the Wiki for some time we think its OK.
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#: 	<cholmes_> link?
#: 	<FrankW> http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Talk:Proposed_Project_Submission_Process
#: 	<sigq> Title: Talk:Proposed Project Submission Process - OSGEO (at www.fossgis.de)
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#: 	<markusN> http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/OSGeo_Project_Incubation
#: 	<FrankW> http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/OSGeo_Project_Incubation
#: 	<sigq> Title: OSGeo Project Incubation - MapbenderWiki (at www.mapbender.org)
#: 	<arnulf> DanielB reports from the WebCommittee...
#: 	<arnulf> They went through the site and talked about the Wiki
#: 	<arnulf> Logo contest, etc.
#: 	<cholmes_> https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/servlets/ProjectMemberList
#: 	<sigq> Title: webcommittee: Membership (at webcommittee.osgeo.org)
#: 	<garylang> Gary suggests that CN add a feature to limit message size
#: 	<arnulf> We are going to reengineer CN... :-)
#: 	<markusN> GRASS' mailing list archive starts in 1991. I think we want to keep history...
#: 	<markusN> It's a single mbox file
#: 	<cholmes_> Yeah, I probably have about 8 more feature requests lurking...
#: 	<cholmes_> http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Website_Committee ?
#: 	<sigq> Title: Website Committee - OSGEO (at www.fossgis.de)
#: 	<dbrookshier> http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Website_Committee
#: 	<sigq> Title: Website Committee - OSGEO (at www.fossgis.de)
#: 	<steeler> http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Website_Committee
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#: 	<arnulf> FrankW & ChrisH are going to put together the Incubation parameters using the Wiki
#: 	<cholmes_> http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Promotion_and_Visibility_Committee
#: 	<markusN> http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Promotion_and_Visibility_Committee
#: 	<sigq> Title: Promotion and Visibility Committee - OSGEO (at www.fossgis.de)
#: 	<sigq> Title: Promotion and Visibility Committee - OSGEO (at www.fossgis.de)
#: 	<steeler> Contributor agreements - http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Contributor_Agreement
#: 	<sigq> Title: Contributor Agreement - OSGEO (at www.fossgis.de)
#: 	<arnulf> Current discussion is about board membership process
#: 	<arnulf> http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Proposed_Board_Election_Procedure
#: 	<sigq> Title: Proposed Board Election Procedure - OSGEO (at www.fossgis.de)
#: 	<arnulf> nomination is public, but pls. ask people first
#: 	<arnulf> Discussion of licensing and relicensing
#: 	<arnulf> http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Individual_Contributor_License_Agreement_%28CLA%29
#: 	<sigq> Title: Individual Contributor License Agreement (CLA) - OSGEO (at www.fossgis.de)
#: 	<arnulf> MySQL dropped the dual licensing anyway...
#: 	<hobu> is there a new members list (results of the voting) yet?
#: 	<arnulf> no, voting is still open until 11:00 am PT
#: 	<hobu> ah, I thought it ended Friday
#: 	<hobu> (more time still wouldn't have made it any easier)
#: 	<arnulf> they prolonged it until the 27th - today
#: 	<arnulf> is two weeks enough to track down conributers?
#: 	<arnulf> to have a look at the http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Individual_Contributor_License_Agreement_%28CLA%29
#: 	<sigq> Title: Individual Contributor License Agreement (CLA) - OSGEO (at www.fossgis.de)
#: 	<arnulf> cool echo...
#: 	<arnulf> invite comments on the discuss list!!!
#: 	<arnulf> pls discuss internally to the project mailing lists
#: 	<arnulf> FAQ for the CLA
#: 	<markusN> maybe needed (and glossary :-)
#: 	<arnulf> ...on the Wiki
#: 	<hobu> 2 years might not be enough time to track down contributers
#: 	<jack_e_chan> Sorry to but in...  I suppose two weeks should be enough to track down major contributors
#: 	<jack_e_chan> But then there are those occasional contributors who may have given important code in the distant past.
#: 	<arnulf> Probably someone from the core team will know who and what or might even have commintted it in the name of...
#: 	<jack_e_chan> I can probably help jog memories in the MapServer world...
#: 	<arnulf> membership voting results are going to go public on thursday
#: 	<markusN> Motion on http://PublicGeodata.org postponed to http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Third_Board_Meeting
#: 	<sigq> Title: Home - Public Geo Data (at PublicGeodata.org)
#: 	 markusN please reload http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Second_Board_Meeting for small updates
#: 	<sigq> Title: Second Board Meeting - OSGEO (at www.fossgis.de)
#: 	<FrankW> http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/OSGeo_FAQ
#: 	<sigq> Title: OSGeo FAQ - OSGEO (at www.fossgis.de)
#: 	<garylang> www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Second_Board_Meeting
#: 	<cholmes_> I can't hear anyone...
#: 	<cholmes_> garylang FrankW arnulf markusN
#: 	<cholmes_> are you guys still on?
#: 	<FrankW> yes
#: 	<markusN> yes, still works
#: 	<garylang> yes
#: 	<cholmes_> can you hear me?
#: 	<cholmes_> Oh well.  Are we done?  Or should I call back?
#: 	<FrankW> cholmes_: We don't hear you are and just moving to adjorn.
#: 	<cholmes_> cool.
#: 	<cholmes_> +1 on motion to adjorn
#: 	<FrankW> :-)
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#: 	<markusN> :)
#: 	<cholmes_> awesome, thanks for the good meeting guys, I'm off to lunch.